People in South Korea and Taiwan unveiled monuments and staged protests on Tuesday to mark Japan's wartime use of "comfort women", a euphemism for girls and women forced to work in Japan's wartime brothels.

The rival Koreas announced on Monday that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and South Korean President Moon Jae-in will meet in Pyongyang some time in September, following meeting Monday with senior delegates from each country. (Aug. 13)

North and South Korea agreed on Monday to hold a summit in the North in September, another step towards boosting cooperation between the old rivals, even as doubts grow over efforts to end the North's nuclear weapons programme.